It’s still not really clear if they saved anything against the cap. What little has come out so far says that he got a $5 million raise this year (2023), no change to his compensation in 2024, and another year — 2025 — at $16 million.
Basically, at least as far as this season goes, it sounds like they just took the money and space they got from Mixon and gave it to Trey. But we’ll see when the details come out.